firstable

English

Etymology

Eggcorn of first of all.

Adverb

firstable (not comparable)

1. (nonstandard, non-native speakers' English) First of all; firstly
   • 2002, Alejandro Maass, Servet Martínez, Jaime San Martín, Dynamics and Randomness, →ISBN, page 230:

     The point of view we bring in these notes has a double interest; firstable it tends to unify the language of functional inequalitites of type Poincaré to the field of processes continuously depending on their past;

   • 2014, Gregory A. Smith, Public Schools That Work: Creating Community, →ISBN, page 194:

     Firstable you won't believe all the responsibility I have over my shoulders.

   • 2014, Victor H. Acuna, An Ecuadorian Festivity: Close to Heaven, →ISBN:

     Firstable the Italian was disrupting the timing of the “bulls”, it was getting late for the next bull to be ejected.

   • 2014 December 23, Quinten Plummer, “Teens Show Thumbs Up to Instagram but Thumbs Down to Facebook”, in Tech Times:

     Firstable (the latest word for first of all, for those not too cool for school), the decline in teen users can be largely attributed to rival messaging apps and the public distrust of Facebook.

Usage notes

This word started as an error, primarily by non-native English speakers who lack a /b/~/v/ distinction, but has passed into wider usage, especially in informal writing and on the internet.

Anagrams

• fire blast, fireblast